350 Prisoners Attempt Jail Break in Montreal (June 27, 1960)

PART 1Jun 27, 1960

350 Prisoners Attempt

Jail Break in Montreal

MONTREAL, June 26 (UPS- Approximately 350 prisoners charged a jail wall in an at- tempted break Sunday night, knocking down a guard and grabbing h's rifle. Two pris- oners reached an outer wall but were injured in jumping and anoth er prisoner was shot.

One guard was injured.

The attempted. break oc- curred shortly after 7 p. m. during a softball game be- tween prisoners and guards at Bordeaux jail in the city s north end.

Warning Shot Fired

A 'ail official said a quarrel developed a m o n g inmates, and a guard in on e of the inner wall towers fired a warning shot as a group started to advance in his direction.

Almost Immediately the 350 prisoners rushed the wall. Some r e a c h e d the top, knocked the guard down, and seized his rifle. Three of the group kept going in an at- tempt to reach the outer wall.

Two of them reached the top of the 30 foot wall but the third man was shot as he started to scale the structure. One of the suffered a broker leg and the other undetermined in- juries w h en they jumped from the wall.